kinda

[ kahyn-duh ]

adverb

, Informal.

1. kind of; rather:

   The movie was kinda boring.

Word History and Origins

Origin of kinda¹

A phonetic spelling representing the pronunciation of kind of in continuous rapid speech

Example Sentences

“We do, however, believe that invoking chaos, and trying to get us to kinda rattle in our boots, is the reason that they’re doing this.”

From Los Angeles Times

But, deputies wrote in her file, she said she had “multiple personality disorder” and “stated that she ‘always kinda wanted to die.’”

From Los Angeles Times

“When fighters made any type of controversial statements before, earlier, they kinda nipped that. Now they don’t care, like Sean Strickland can say his homophobic nonsense and nobody does anything. Can you imagine an NFL player going off like that?”

From Slate

“At some point, you just kinda have to listen to your soul and not be afraid of the consequences of whatever happens afterwards,” Redick told The Times.

From Los Angeles Times

“We stood next to each other and I kinda looked at him, and it was just like, ‘Is this the Matrix or something?’” he said.

From Los Angeles Times